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Ideas for David O. Brink, John Richardson and Plotinus
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics
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The Soul reasons about the Right, so there must be some permanent Right about which it reasons [Plotinus]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism
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Two people might agree in their emotional moral attitude while disagreeing in their judgement [Brink]
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Emotivists find it hard to analyse assertions of moral principles, rather than actual judgements [Brink]
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Emotivists claim to explain moral motivation by basing morality on non-cognitive attitudes [Brink]
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Emotivists tend to favour a redundancy theory of truth, making moral judgement meaningless [Brink]
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Emotivism implies relativism about moral meanings, but critics say disagreements are about moral reference [Brink]
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How can emotivists explain someone who recognises morality but is indifferent to it? [Brink]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness
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Ecstasy is for the neo-Platonist the highest psychological state of man [Plotinus, by Feuerbach]
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